Movies like Anywhere but Here

24 similar movies24 similar movies

Vote for the movies you think are the closest match, and the best ones move to the top.Vote for the movies you think are the closest match, and the best ones move to the top.

#3,384 movie on Nov 6 Attention Score0.8
VotesMovieRankAttention Score
  1. Stepmom

    Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother...

    #2,105Attention Score1.4
  2. Terms of Endearment

    Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and...

    #3,066Attention Score0.9
  3. Little Miss Sunshine

    A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

    #668Attention Score3.2
  4. Little Women

    Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

    #691Attention Score3.2
Advertisement
  1. Lady Bird

    Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her...

    #1,621Attention Score1.8
  2. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

    Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't...

    #2,042Attention Score1.4
  3. Thirteen
    2003Drama

    When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex,...

    #2,142Attention Score1.4
  4. Bend It Like Beckham

    Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing...

    #2,783Attention Score1.0
  5. Brooklyn

    In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

    #2,817Attention Score1.0
  6. The Secret Life of Bees
    2008Drama

    Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her...

    #3,043Attention Score0.9
  7. In Her Shoes

    Irresponsible party girl Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working...

    #3,405Attention Score0.8
  8. Mermaids

    Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move...

    #3,436Attention Score0.8
Advertisement
  1. The Edge of Seventeen

    Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.

    #3,442Attention Score0.8
  2. Riding in Cars with Boys

    In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.

    #3,705Attention Score0.7
  3. The Joy Luck Club
    1993Drama

    Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

    #3,946Attention Score0.6
  4. Postcards from the Edge

    A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.

    #3,975Attention Score0.6
  5. An Education

    Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When...

    #4,406Attention Score0.5
  6. Georgia Rule

    Rebellious, uncontrollable teenager, Rachel is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her estranged grandmother, Georgia....

    #4,527Attention Score0.5
  7. The Kids Are All Right

    Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both...

    #4,665Attention Score0.5
  8. Saving Face

    A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

    #4,998Attention Score0.4
  9. One True Thing

    A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

    #5,809Attention Score0.3
  10. White Oleander
    2002Drama

    A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.

    #5,954Attention Score0.3
  11. My Life Without Me

    A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.

    #6,333Attention Score0.3
  12. Junebug

    On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop...

    #7,403Attention Score0.2

Know another movie like Anywhere but Here?

Suggest it to help others find it.